Why did Blondie became the quintessential New York band?
Deborah Harry: I think it’s because there’s so many different kinds of music you could hear in New York. We took a bunch of influences and threw all them together. Chris really loved the Stones, Clem was originally a Deadhead, Jimmy was into Procol Harum and I was into girl singers. There was more regional radio back then. It’s really changed now. The radio stations have become big conglomerates, so the programming has become more unified throughout the whole country. VH1: What’s the secret to maintaining the band’s relationship all those years? DH: It’s a love/hate thing, like brothers and sisters. We’re smart and secure enough within our own personalities to be able to put up with bullsh*t – and there is bullsh*t. That’s human nature. We’ve brought a couple of extra musicians into the mix, so maybe that separates us a little bit and takes the intensity away. VH1: Where did the title The Curse of Blondie come from? DH: We were talking about calling it Phasm, but that sort of became, “
